It’s 2006, and Oliver, a young man from a bleak background, befriends Felix, one of the posh popular boys at Oxford University, ingratiating himself with the family one long, hot summer. (Note: for my plot re-cap go here.) Emerald Fennell — whose definition of subtlety is bashing us over the head with a small Le… Saltburn Read More
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 3 stars
Ethan Hunt is tasked with tracking down a key that can be used to shut down a newly sentient AI super weapon. I suppose every story about a world-ending mega weapon needs some quasi-religious guff to add a sheen of mysticism to your common-or-garden Armageddon scenario, and in the rather bonkers Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning… Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 Read More
Follow The Dead 3 stars
A family of idle Millennials has to decide how to respond to an outbreak of zombies. *** UPDATE! Follow The Dead is now available on Apple TV in Ireland *** I’ve watched so many zombie movies now I’m rather hardened, and my first thought when a character in Follow The Dead was bitten on the… Follow The Dead Read More
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars
Childhood friends in a small Welsh village investigate the unexplained death of a man found at the bottom of a cliff. I started re-reading the novel when I heard this was coming out, because I wanted an escape from the world’s current problems, though it didn’t quite pan out like that. Agatha Christie’s 1934 whodunnit… Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) Read More